Press Release:
ByWater Solutions
[May 5, 2014]

ByWater Solutions Welcomes Mario Guilin as Systems Support

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.' forefront provider of Koha support, is happy to welcome Mario Guilin as our new Systems Support team member. Mario will join the ByWater team in assisting new partners in managing their Koha Open Source ILS systems.

Mario attended college at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, CA and played baseball professionally before moving to Santa Barbara. Prior to joining the team at ByWater he spent his days working in the office at a local winery. His passion for libraries and open source has brought him to ByWater and he is looking forward to getting involved with our partners libraries and the Koha community.

Mario commented on his recent decision to join ByWater Solutions: "I'm very excited to be joining ByWater Solutions and excited to be a part of a team that has a strong commitment to its partners. Koha ILS is one of the best in the world!"

Brendan Gallagher, CEO, commented: "We are thrilled to have Mario on board with ByWater and look forward to great things coming from his direction. It is always excited to experience a new perspective toward the way we deliver our services and Mario has lots of ideas to bring to the table."

About ByWater Solutions

With over 10 years of experience, ByWater Solutions offers customized hosting, data migration, configuration, installation, training, support options and development of the enterprise class open source library system, Koha. Offering a 24/7 technical helpline, ByWater Solutions' clients have the support system they need to make their software work for them. ByWater Solutions pledges to share 100% of all developed code to the Koha community for the strengthening and advancement of the Koha ILS. For more information about ByWater Solutions, please visit: http://www.bywatersolutions.com

About Koha

Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha's impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base. It includes modules for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more.

Koha's OPAC, circulation, management and self-checkout interfaces are all based on standards-compliant World Wide Web technologies–XHTML, CSS and Javascript–making Koha a truly platform-independent solution. Koha is distributed under the open-source General Public License (GPL). For more information about Koha, please visit: http://koha-community.org

Summary:

ByWater Solutions, a provider of Koha support, welcomes Mario Guilin as its new Systems Support team member. Mario will join the ByWater team in assisting new partners in managing their Koha Open Source ILS systems.